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An Aluminum-Activated Citrate Transporter in Barley

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It is demonstrated that HvAACT1 is an Al-activated citrate transporter responsible for Al resistance in barley.
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Soluble ionic aluminum (Al) inhibits root growth and reduces crop production on acid soils Al-resistant cultivars of barley (Hordeum vulgare L) detoxify Al by secreting citrate from the roots, but the responsible gene has not been identified yet Here, we identified a gene (HvAACT1) responsible for the Al-activated citrate secretion by fine mapping combined with microarray analysis, using an Al-resistant cultivar, Murasakimochi, and an Al-sensitive cultivar, Morex This gene belongs to the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family and was constitutively expressed mainly in the roots of the Al-resistant barley cultivar Heterologous expression of HvAACT1 in Xenopus oocytes showed efflux activity for (14)C-labeled citrate, but not for malate Two-electrode voltage clamp analysis also showed transport activity of citrate in the HvAACT1-expressing oocytes in the presence of Al Overexpression of this gene in tobacco enhanced citrate secretion and Al resistance compared with the wild-type plants Transiently expressed green fluorescent protein-tagged HvAACT1 was localized at the plasma membrane of the onion epidermal cells, and immunostaining showed that HvAACT1 was localized in the epidermal cells of the barley root tips A good correlation was found between the expression of HvAACT1 and citrate secretion in 10 barley cultivars differing in Al resistance Taken together, our results demonstrate that HvAACT1 is an Al-activated citrate transporter responsible for Al resistance in barley

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